T. D. Jakes Quotes

In difficult times your best must be hugged, loved, kissed, rewarded, paid - everything. And your worst must be the people that leave, because your best are going to take you to the next game.

Surround yourself with good people who encourage and love you. There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are.

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

I'm glad I've had to struggle. It's made me the artist I am now.

I think it's always the moments that are the trials that end up making you become a hero in the end. You're not a hero unless you've gone through the trials. And it makes these moments so much sweeter, so much better. I don't believe in 'deserved,' but I might believe in 'earned.'

I believe I overcame a lot.

We all, we all good people just trying to escape the negative influence that come around us and that's the story of my life, you know? Trying my best to get around the ills and I bumped my head a few times but I think, you know, music is my savior for right now, for me and my whole group.

Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.

We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.

In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.

Victories in life come through our ability to work around and over the obstacles that cross our path. We grow stronger as we climb our own mountains.

Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

Pain happens to everyone. To grow up, to fulfill your potential, to develop into what God wants you to be-this process takes support. No one succeeds alone.

I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy.

It feels good when guys reach out to be inspired - and you have shown people an example of how you can come back and be better than you were before when adversity strikes; and when the world predicts the opposite, you show them you not only can be successful but be great.

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person, it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college, and just become a better person.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.